“A general must be a charlatan.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“The completest charlatan that ever existed.”
Thomas Paine, as quoted in Thomas Paine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-03788-5, by Craig Nelson, p. 299. <br class="br">About
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“Some say I am a good person, some say I am a charlatan — I am just a monk.”
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I Don't Believe
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And that's all that there is or could ever exist.
Maybe and maybe and maybe some more.
Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for.